Job Description

a. Clinical management and direction of the ED, in conjunction with other Consultant in
EM colleagues. The precise division of responsibilities between the Consultants in EM
will be agreed between the Consultant, the Clinical Director and the CEO/GM or their
appropriate delegate. These responsibilities will be reviewed on an annual basis.
b. Responsibility for the assessment and immediate care of all EM patients attending the
ED and linked Emergency Care Network (ECN) units. This may be delivered
personally or by supervision of other clinical staff.
c. Responsibility for the care of patients admitted under the care of the Consultants in EM
to the ED Clinical Decision Unit / EM Observation ward or Chest Pain Assessment
Unit, if available on site. This entails daily ward rounds, including weekends, on a
rostered basis and cross-cover of patient care on a pre-agreed or on-call basis.
d. To undertake essential supporting duties for clinical care including, inter alia, risk
management, critical incident investigation and oversight of rosters.
e. To ensure that duties and functions are undertaken in a manner that minimises delays for
patients and possible disruption of services.

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Skills

Pharma , Paramedic Services , Hospital , Healthcare , Health , Doctors ,

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Qualifications

• Professional Degree / Post Graduate Professional Degree